Aerospace Clinical Psychology

'Aerospace Clinical Psychology' provides a blueprint for combining the talents of clinical psychologists with flight surgeons and human factors practitioners to enhance the safety and efficiency of extraordinarily taxed operators.

Raymond E. King, at the time of writing, was Chief of the Collaborative Systems Technology Branch of the Crew Systems Interface Division, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, USA. He received his BA from Rutgers College, MA from Fairleigh Dickinson University (Madison), and doctorate from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology.

Contents: Is this book necessary?; Selection: what can a clinically trained psychologist contribute?; The myth of pilot personality; Getting information: psychological testing, interviewing, other data gathering; Providing feedback: providing information to pilots and referral sources (often flight surgeons or commanders); Providing support: critical incident stress debriefing; Teaching; Additional assessment tips; Interventions; Motivation and fear; Airsickness: prevention and management; Consulting to an aircraft mishap / accident investigation board; Glossary; References.